A small study revealed that quercentin and curcumin wich are extracted from onions and curry could have a big impact on colon cancer, reducing it significantly.
Five persons were chosen for this study that appeared in August. All five of them had a hereditary disorder called familial adenomatous polyposis that is the cause for the appearing of colon cancer by creating hundreds of colorectal polyps. Ussualy this is treated by nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. The problem with these drugs are their side really bad side effects like internal ulcers and bleeding.
During the six months the study lasted, each of patients received daily 20 mg of quercetin (extracted from onions) and 480 mg of curcumin (extracted from curry). After this period it was found that the colorectal cancer cells dropped significantly. The number of polyps decreased by 60 percent while the average size of polyps by 51 percent. At one patient the number of polyps increased in the first phase because he didn't listen to the rules set by his doctors but, but after he started listening to the advices the number of polyps decreased immediately.
For the first time it was shown that curcumin has a similar effect as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in reducing the amount of polyps. Although the effect is similar curcumin is way better because it has minimal side effects.
By simply adding onions to a regular diet a pacient would ingest the quantity of quercetin needed to control the numbers and size of polyps, but the amount of curcumin you could ingest eating cury wouldn't be enough. That's why researchers advise using curcuming supplements for an effective cancer treatment.
Although the results where pretty convincing a larger study is required before curcumin and quercetin supplements could be introduced in regular cancer treating.
For greater resources on colon cancer or especially about metastatic colon cancer please visit this link http://www.colon-cancer-center.com/metastatic-colon-cancer.htm
The dangers of smoking and pregnancy
Even though pregnancy is a natural condition, women should be aware of the risks that pregnancy may face and also they need to be always in touch with their doctor in order to have an uncomplicated pregnancy and a healthy baby. In addition to this, pregnant women should avoid certain things that may harm their baby's life.
For example, smoking is a dangerous habit that not only is harmful for adults but also the health of the unborn babies can be seriously affected. Moreover, smoking during pregnancy is related with premature delivery, breathing problems and severe disease among children, such as asthma.
Furthermore, a woman should think better before having a baby and try to quit certain bad habits, such as drinking alcohol, medicines which may harm the baby and moreover smoking. What is more is that pregnancy is a great moment for quitting smoking in order to prevent future tobacco-related health complications, such as lung and heart disfunctions and even cancer.
Even though, the future mother reduces the frequency of smoking, the danger is still present for the unborn baby. So, by reducing the number of cigarettes, a pregnant woman tends to inhale more deeply and take more puffs to get the same amount of nicotine as before.
Much more, by smoking, the nicotine and carbon monoxide reach not only to the mother's body but also the baby through the placenta. This nocive substances prevent the fetus from getting the nutrients and oxygen needed to grow. Much more, the baby can take the nicotine from the breast milk and in some cases, smoke can lead to severe complications.
Taking all these into consideration, a future mother should be aware and informed regarding all the things that may harm her pregnancy. A proper healty life and the lack of smoking and alcohol is important to preven the risks that dangerous substances may cause to the mother and the unborne baby.
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The best diet to reduce cholesterol
Nowadays many people suffer from cholesterol, because they tend not to pay as much attention to what they eat as they should. Fast food and take out has gained a lot of ground and eating healthy food is more and more of an abstract idea.
Everybody knows that fat is essential to our body because it is a very big source of energy. However, you can get your energy from other substances besides fat, which in higher quantities is very bad for your organism. It especially affects the circulation of the blood, because it raises the levels of cholesterol in your blood, which can lead to heart attacks.
The type of diets suggested in this article have as purpose reducing the amount of fat and cholesterol in your body up to the required level. Both these diets have as goal decreasing the dietary fat and cholesterol, limit the intake of sodium, increase the quantity of fiber in your diet and lower the amount of calories, in order to reach a normal weight. The amount of calories that one should get every day is about 1100 for women and around 1400 for men.
Now, for better understanding what has to be done, we must first find out what cholesterol is. First thing to know is that blood is pumped by the heart and dilivered to all the body through arteries. The role of the blood, amongst other thing, is to carry oxygen and nutrients throughout your body. When your level of cholesterol reached a certain point above normal, the unnecessary cholesterol is left behind, remaining in the arteries. Throughout the years the cholesterol left behind forms a waxy substance which hardens or even blocks the flow of the blood. Organs than are very likely to become damaged.
Another thing to know is that cholesterol is made by two sources. The first one is the liver, which produces all the necessary quantity of cholesterol that your body will ever need. The second source of cholesterol is by eating animal products, such as meat, milk, eggs and many more. So, in order to keep the cholesterol level within normal limits, one should reduce the dietary cholesterol.
Another way of reducing your blood cholesterol levels is by eating as less saturated fats as possible. The saturated fats are those who stay solid at the room temperature. There also are some vegetables whose fats act like the saturated fats that I have told you before, therefor they should be avoided. Those vegetable fats are cocoa butter, palm oil and coconut oil.
For greater resources on cholesterol please review http://www.cholesterol-info-guide.com/low-cholesterol-diet.htm or http://www.cholesterol-info-guide.com/cholesterol-levels.htm